Full disclosure: My AP Top 25 ballot

Tough call near the top of the poll -- I gave a long look at moving Auburn ahead of Boise State and TCU, seeing that the Tigers have faced such a tougher schedule in maintaining their perfect record. Auburn's opponents are 37-23 this year, and the Tigers have beaten four teams in my current top 25; TCU's I_A opponents are 25-29, and the only win against a current ranked opponent would be my new No. 25 Baylor, who entered my poll somewhat by default; Boise's opponents are 20-27, with Virginia Tech as the only currently ranked opponent.

In the end, I chose to keep Auburn No. 4, seeing that the Tigers' defense has allowed 114 more points than either TCU or Boise, but I rank them that way with the understanding that if Auburn can win at Alabama, it's probably enough to move them up to No. 2 in the rankings. TCU still has Utah to validate itself, and I continue to be underwhelmed by the teams Boise is facing.

How far to move up Missouri? I chose No. 7, moving them up one last spot after reminding myself how little Utah has really shown -- its opponents are 14-39 this year, with Pittsburgh and Iowa State as the only nationally relevant wins. Missouri's opponents are 26-17 and all of them have at least three wins, and beating Oklahoma gives them the highest ranked opponent beaten among the undefeated teams.

How far down to move Oklahoma State? I had them higher than most voters, and giving up 51 points to Nebraska means they've allowed 214, easily the most of the zero- or one-loss teams. I initially had them 19th, but slid Iowa and Mississippi State ahead of them -- both of those have only lost to teams ahead of them in the polls, with wins against ranked teams, something Oklahoma State lacks. The only one-loss team not to be rankes is Nevada, but they've lost to Hawaii, who I strongly considered before going with Baylor after the Bears beat Kansas State.

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